| MISGOVERNS | Doesn't do well - not as a rule (10) |
| BADEGG | Ne'er-do-well not wanted for breakfast! (3,3) |
| PROSPER | Do well not to finish character in The Tempest (7) |
| GOTAB | Did well, not great, on an essay |
| PANICMAN | Superhero who doesn't do well in a crisis? |
| SCAMPS | Doesn't do well, like the ne'er-do-wells (6) |
| IGLOO | Home that doesn't do well in global warming |
| SEPARATELY | Not as a group |
| EXCEPTION | Adverse criticism? Not as a rule |
| LASSO | As well not to start admitting a small catch |
| TOOL | "We must use time as a ___, not as a couch": JFK |
| UNFIT | Not well, not suitable (5) |
| GUSHER | Oil well not in need of a pump (6) |
| FETUSES | Could be a baby-fest, Sue. Well not quite yet (7) |
| STONEWALL | Obstruct progress? As well not, perhaps |
| ONTOPOFTHEWORLD | Happy as a polar bear, but not as a penguin? (2,3,2,3,5) |
| SONATA | Music that's played as composed, not as a variation (6) |
| ROLEMODEL | Not starting to be well, not starting to be groomed sort of trendsetter (4,5) |
| SLOBROASTEDTURKEY | Dish that's prepared by, well, not the regular chef? |
| FITFUL | Spasmodic? Well, not totally occupied (6) |
